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Rishabh Pant’s Latest Audacious Century for India Lights up Headingley Test
- Rishabh Pant scored his seventh Test century at Headingley on June 23, 2025, during the first Test between India and England in Leeds.
- Pant achieved this milestone following strong innings by his teammates Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, who also scored centuries earlier in the match.
- Pant scored a brilliant 134 runs off 178 deliveries, hitting ten boundaries and five sixes. His celebration, which involved removing his gloves followed by a somersault, thrilled both the fans and the Barmy Army.
- Former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar called Pant's century "superb, superb, superb," while Sachin Tendulkar praised Pant's "extremely clever" batting style and Sitanshu Kotak noted, "Rishabh Pant makes his own plans."
- Pant surpassed MS Dhoni’s record of six Test centuries by an Indian wicketkeeper, reinforcing his reputation for fearless, impactful batting despite having been dismissed in the 90s multiple times before.
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Another rollicking Test century overnight has the diminutive Indian being compared to Adam Gilchrist, for both his impact on games and capacity to entertain.
Sunil Gavaskar, who called Rishabh Pant stupid, praised Pant a lot for scoring a century. Indian Pant scored a brilliant century in the first Indian innings against England.
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ENG vs IND 1st Test: Pant plays the numbers game beautifully, has his own computer, says Ravi Shastri
Rishabh Pant “plays the numbers game beautifully and has his own computer” whose working only he knows, feels former India head coach Ravi Shastri after the swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batter’s audacious and entertaining show against England in the first Test at Headingley.
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